The provision of infrastructure and related services in developing Asia via publi-private partnership (PPP) increased rapidly during the late 1990s. Theoretical arguments support the potential economic benefits of PPPs, but empirical evidence is thin. This paper develops a framework identifying...

Entwicklungspolitik soll nach dem schwarz-gelben Koalitionsvertrag von 2009 Armut nachhaltig bekämpfen und dazu Strukturdefizite ausgleichen. Eine "engere Kooperation mit der deutschen Privatwirtschaft" sei dazu unerlässlich. Demgemäß sieht die FDP-geleitete deutsche...

"This book is constructed around three essential questions: Why is population health so poor in developing countries? What is the extent of the problem? And what can be done about it? It provides a broad but detailed overview of global health and considers other aspects of global health that are...

This paper empirically examines the relationship between the self-identity as Indigenous and earnings inequality in the Mexican labor market. Using Mexican Census data and a large set of wage covariates reveals the existence of an earnings penalty for self-identification as Indigenous. There is...